NL Capsules: Cards split series with Dodgers

St. Louis Cardinals' Matt Carpenter is congratulated by teammates after scoring on a double by Jon Jay during the 12th inning of their baseball game against the Los Angeles Dodgers, Sunday, Sept. 16, 2012, in Los Angeles. The Cardinals won 5-2. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)

LOS ANGELES (AP) Jon Jay hit a go-ahead RBI double during a three-run 12th inning and the St. Louis Cardinals split of a four-game series against the Los Angeles Dodgers, beating them 5-2 on Sunday and regaining undisputed possession of the second NL wild card spot.

John Ely (0-2) issued a leadoff walk to Matt Carpenter and Jay drove him on from second base with a line drive into the right field corner on an 0-2 pitch. Jay scored on an infield hit up the middle by Allen Craig and Yadier Molina walked with the bases loaded.

Rookie Shelby Miller (1-0) pitched one inning for his first major league victory.

Jason Motte got three outs for his 35th save in 42 chances after giving up the tying and winning runs in Saturday night's 4-3 loss.

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Diamondbacks 10, Giants 2

PHOENIX (AP) Rookie Patrick Corbin pitched a career-long eight innings and drove in four runs with a triple and single.

The RBIs and the extra-base hit were firsts for Corbin, who entered the game batting .071 (2 for 28).

Justin Upton had a solo homer and two-run double as the Diamondbacks averted a three-game Giants sweep.

Corbin (6-7) tripled in three runs in Arizona's 5-run fourth inning. The young left-hander scattered eight hits, striking out five and walking one.

For the second straight start against Arizona, Ryan Vogelsong (12-9) lasted just 3 1-3 innings. He allowed seven runs, six earned, on five hits with six strikeouts and four walks, one intentional.

Cubs 13, Pirates 9

CHICAGO (AP) Anthony Rizzo hit two home runs and drove in six.

Rizzo hit a two-run shot in a four-run fifth inning, then capped a five-run sixth with his first career grand slam to seize the lead for Chicago. The six RBI are a career-high, and it was also the 23-year-old's first multihomer game.

Pedro Alvarez hit two homers and drove in five for the Pirates, who lost for the 12th time in 15 games. Pittsburgh came into play Sunday two games behind the Los Angeles Dodgers and St. Louis Cardinals for the second wild card.

Rod Barajas went deep for Pittsburgh, and Joe Mather hit a solo shot for the Cubs.

Staked to a 6-1 lead, the Pirates were unable to hold off the feisty Cubs, who have taken five of the last six against Pittsburgh.

Reds 5, Marlins 4

MIAMI (AP) Ryan Ludwick hit a go-ahead single in the 11th inning to lift the Cincinnati Reds to a 5-4 win over the Miami Marlins on Sunday.

Ludwick, Dioner Navarro, and Didi Gregorius each had three hits for the Reds, who tied a season high with 17 hits.

Jonathan Broxton came on to pitch the bottom of the 11th for his second save with the Reds.

Carlos Zambrano (7-10) was the Marlins' ninth pitcher of the game when he came on to pitch the 11th. Zambrano issued a lead-off single to Chris Heisey and walked Joey Votto before Ludwick singled through the left side scoring Heisey for a 5-4 lead.

Miami had an opportunity to score in the 10th when Giancarlo Stanton came to the plate with two runners on, but Logan Ondrusek (4-2) struck him out.

Philadelphia lost three of four against Houston to fall 3 1/2 games behind St. Louis and Los Angeles in the National League wild card race.

Carlos Corporan and Scott Moore homered for the Astros, who remained one loss away from reaching 100 for the second straight season.

Wesley Wright (2-2) pitched a scoreless seventh to pick up the win. Wilton Lopez got the last five outs for his sixth save.

Jose Altuve reached on an error by third baseman Michael Martinez to begin the seventh and Jimmy Paredes was walked by Antonio Bastardo (2-5). Pinch hitter Brandon Laird walked off Phillippe Aumont to load the bases with one out.

Brewers 3, Mets 0

MILWAUKEE (AP) Ryan Braun hit two home runs and rookie pitcher Wily Peralta gave up two singles in eight innings.

The reigning most valuable player now has 201 home runs in his career, as Milwaukee won for the 20th time in its last 26 games to remain 2 games out of the second wild-card spot. The left fielder leads the league with a career-high 40 homers.

Peralta (2-0) struck out five and walked one in his third start, and got his first major league hit when he doubled in the seventh.

John Axford pitched the ninth for his 29th save.

New York's Chris Young (4-8) threw 6 2-3 innings and allowed three runs - all solo homers and eight hits.

Padres 12, Rockies 11

SAN DIEGO (AP) Rookie Yonder Alonso singled in the winning run in the ninth to cap a wild offensive affair.

Colorado scored six times in the eighth to tie the game on rookie Josh Rutledge's grand slam.

In the ninth, Everth Cabrera reached on a one-out infield single against Matt Belisle (3-7). With two outs, Belisle balked Cabrera to second and then intentionally walked Chase Headley to bring up Alonso.

The left-hander lined a ball right at left fielder Andrew Brown, whose throw was slightly late to the plate as Cabrera slid in with the winning run.

Joe Thatcher (1-4), who came on to strike out final two batters with runners on first and second in the ninth, picked up the win.

The clubs combined for 23 runs on 27 hits.

BRAVES 5, NATIONALS 1

ATLANTA (AP) Mike Minor threw six strong innings and Dan Uggla broke it open with a two-run single as Atlanta denied Gio Gonzalez his 20th win and completed a sweep of first-place Washington.

Minor (9-10) allowed five hits before turning it over to the bullpen. Cory Gearrin, Luis Avilan and Chad Durbin each worked a scoreless inning to close it out.

The Braves broke a scoreless tie in the third against Gonzalez (19-8) on Chipper Jones' single. Freddie Freeman added a sacrifice fly.

Washington closed to 2-1 on Ian Desmond's RBI single in the sixth, but the Braves pulled away with a three-run seventh, taking advantage of an error by third baseman Ryan Zimmerman. Michael Bourn scored on a groundout and Uggla came through with his two-out hit.

The Nationals' lead in the NL East was reduced to 5 games after the lost weekend in Atlanta.

The Braves maintained a seven-game lead over the second wild-card spot, held by St. Louis, and are eight games up on the next club in the race, the Los Angeles Dodgers.